The garden slowly comes alive in June. I thin the carrots and we eat greens and lettuce thinnings for dinner. Percy picks his first strawberries and loves playing outside. Our walks each Tuesday are the saving grace to my week lately - hunting down the garbage trucks and looking for cats help keep my mind off the news. There is a calmness found among the alleys and sidewalks we venture through, watching life move forward as people work in the their yards, walk their dogs, and smile at us, saying “hi” as we pass by.

It all helps give me hope.

“Look, I want to love this
world as though it's the
last chance I'm ever
going to get
to be alive
and know it.”

― Mary Oliver